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A Brodie's abscess with soft tissue collection-complicating an already difficult diagnosis

Gabbott, B; Faria, G; Lawson, G; Daly, K (2018) A Brodie's abscess with soft tissue collection-complicating an already difficult diagnosis. JOURNAL OF SURGICAL CASE REPORTS (1). rjx263. ISSN 2042-8812 https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx263
SGUL Authors: Gabbott, Benjamin Rhys

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Abstract

A healthy 14-year-old boy with a 3-month history of thigh pain and swelling is referred to a specialist centre with an uncertain diagnosis. After extensive tests and imaging a Brodie’s abscess is diagnosed. The abscess is complicated by a fistula (cloaca) through the cortical bone of the femur, resulting in a large complex soft tissue collection. This is a presentation, we are unaware has been documented in any literature. After specialist multi-team combined management (Paediatric Trauma and Orthopaedic and Paediatric Infectious Diseases), the patient undergoes two surgical procedures, and extensive antibiotic cover. The patient makes a good recovery with no long lasting sequelae to date.

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SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: Academic Structure > Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education (IMBE)
Journal or Publication Title: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL CASE REPORTS
ISSN: 2042-8812
Dates:
DateEvent
1 January 2018Published
25 January 2018Published Online
19 December 2017Accepted
Publisher License: Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0
Web of Science ID: WOS:000424975100010
URI: https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/109830
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjx263

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